“I have enjoyed and continue to enjoy the opportunities and challenges of this great job, working with a supportive and dedicated board and a talented and devoted staff, to grow and strengthen this superb museum,” Chiego said in a statement. “Together we have accomplished much of what I set out to do when I came to the McNay. Therefore, I feel that now is the right time to identify new leadership and I will work with the Board and staff over the coming months to assure a smooth transition, while continuing to move the museum forward.”

During Chiego’s tenure at the McNay, the museum’s collection of art objects more than doubled from 9,000 to over 20,000 works of art and the museum’s footprint nearly tripled to well over 100,000 square feet.